As the suspect shouted “Kill me,” the officer replied, “No, get down.” When the suspect said, “I have a gun in my pocket,” the officer responded: “I don’t care. Get down.”Toronto police identified the man arrested as Alek Minassian, 25, of Richmond Hill, a neighbourhood close to Toronto. He was really looking for ‘suicide-by-cop,’“ Gary Clement, a retired Royal Canadian Mounted Police superintendent with 34 years experience of policing, told Reuters. It helped that the officer had a clear view of the suspect, who was out of the van and pacing between the sidewalk and the arresting officer, Clement said. “Wow, at how these Canadian cops brought in this suspected killer,” said Twitter user Stuart A. Thompson in a posting.

Source: Hindustan Times April 24, 2018 03:13 UTC